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Dr. Heike Mayer is an assistant professor in the Urban Affairs and Planning program at Virginia Tech's Alexandria Center. She studied the University of Konstanz (Germany) and received a master's degree and Ph.D. in Urban Studies from Portland State University. Her research interests focus on the factors shaping the economic competitiveness of cities and regions. In particular, she examines the internal strengths a city or a region has to develop its economy, leading to so-called endogenous development. Heike focuses on three themes, each addressing certain aspects of the endogenous potential: 1) knowledge regions, 2) entrepreneurship and 3) place-making and competitiveness in small towns (with Dr. Paul L. Knox). Heike's research has been funded by a variety of institutions such as the Smith Richardson Foundation, the Kauffman Foundation, The Brookings Institution, the Small Business Administration, Virginia Economic Development Partnership and Arlington County, Virginia. Her work has been published in the Journal of the American Planning Association, Journal of Urban Affairs, Economic Development Quarterly, Economic Development Journal and by the Brookings Institution.
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